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The Gulf Co‐operation Council: A Slow Path to Integration?
Author(s) -
Dar Humayon A.,
Presley John R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1467-9701
pISSN - 0378-5920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9701.00405
Subject(s) - regional integration , path (computing) , international trade , regional trade , economic integration , economics , international economics , free trade , computer science , programming language
This paper assesses the progress towards the intra‐regional integration among the GCC countries. We find that although there is limited trade integration in the region as a whole, there are specific countries (for example Bahrain and Oman) that are significantly integrated with at least one trade partner from within the region. The paper argues that the GCC region will have to create a consensus on the trade barriers on the imports from outside the region if progress towards the intra‐regional integration is to be increased.